The History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 3Bell & Daldy, 1872 |
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... Prussian army , introduced the use of metal ramrods and a rapid movement in close columns , and prepared Prussia for the great part she was henceforward to perform on the theatre of war in Europe . * . He was extremely rough in his ...
... Prussian army , introduced the use of metal ramrods and a rapid movement in close columns , and prepared Prussia for the great part she was henceforward to perform on the theatre of war in Europe . * . He was extremely rough in his ...
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... Prussia threatening to treat his Catholic subjects as Firmian treated his Protestant ones , Räll became alarmed lest the wretched peasant might in the end find a protector , ( the emperor also being compelled on account of the Pragmatic ...
... Prussia threatening to treat his Catholic subjects as Firmian treated his Protestant ones , Räll became alarmed lest the wretched peasant might in the end find a protector , ( the emperor also being compelled on account of the Pragmatic ...
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... Prussian army by Prince Leopold of Anhalt - Dessau , who benefited Prussia with the science he had acquired under Eugene , whose military creations in Austria had died with him , was of far greater importance , and no less so was the ...
... Prussian army by Prince Leopold of Anhalt - Dessau , who benefited Prussia with the science he had acquired under Eugene , whose military creations in Austria had died with him , was of far greater importance , and no less so was the ...
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... Prussia for the approaching election . Still , the coarse amusements of this monarch , who took delight in beuth , who had treated his serfs with extreme cruelty . He set the king at defiance , and said , " It is not the fashion to hang ...
... Prussia for the approaching election . Still , the coarse amusements of this monarch , who took delight in beuth , who had treated his serfs with extreme cruelty . He set the king at defiance , and said , " It is not the fashion to hang ...
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... Prussia with war on account of the subjects stolen from her territory . There was , moreover , a feud between the king of Prussia and George , king of Eng- land and elector of Hanover , the latter having wedded the Margravine of Anspach ...
... Prussia with war on account of the subjects stolen from her territory . There was , moreover , a feud between the king of Prussia and George , king of Eng- land and elector of Hanover , the latter having wedded the Margravine of Anspach ...
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